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Lake Monowai

Lake in Southland Region, New Zealand

Summary

Lake in Southland Region, New Zealand

Field	Value
name	Lake Monowai
image	Lake Monowai, New Zealand - September 2005.jpg
alt	Lake Monowai
caption	Lake Monowai
location	Southland District, Southland Region, South Island
coords
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	9
mapframe-point	none
pushpin_map	New Zealand#New Zealand South Island
pushpin_map_alt	Location of Lake Monowai
outflow	Monowai River
basin_countries	New Zealand
{{convert	19	km	mi	abbr	on}}
{{convert	1.6	km	mi	abbr	on}}
area	31 km2
{{convert	71	m	ft	abbr	on}}
{{convert	158.5	m	ft	abbr	on}}
{{convert	2.2	km3	cumi	abbr	on}}
elevation	196 m

| mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-point = none 19 km 1.6 km 71 m | max-depth = 158.5 m 2.2 km3 Lake Monowai (officially Monowai Lake; ) is a large lake (31 sqkm) in the southern part of Fiordland National Park, in New Zealand's South Island, 120 kilometres northwest of Invercargill. At an altitude of 196 metres in a long curved valley, the lake appears on maps shaped like a letter "U". The western part of the lake is set in beautiful mountainous country. It is drained in the northeast by the short Monowai River, which enters the Waiau River eight kilometres to the northeast.

Power station

Main article: Monowai Power Station

One of the South Island's oldest hydroelectric stations is powered by the waters of the Monowai. It is located at the junction of the Waiau and Monowai Rivers and was opened in 1925.

As a result of the Save Manapouri campaign, plans to raise the level of the lake to create more hydroelectric power were shelved by the Labour government of Norman Kirk in the 1970s, and an independent body, the Guardians of Lake Manapouri, Monowai, and Te Anau was created to oversee management of the lake levels (more information at Manapouri Power Station).

References

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(22 August 2016). "Uplifted by a lake". [[Otago Daily Times]].

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